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near Oassel, in the German matches with a phosphorus compound.

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, SPECIFICATION formi g part of Letters Patent No. 562,426, dated runees, 1896. Application filed April 4,1896. Srial in. 586,167. (No specimens.) mama in Germany December 22,1893, No. 86,203.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CARL RUDOLPH ADOLPH GEORG SCHWIENING, a subject of the German Emperor, and resident of Bettenhausen, Empire, have in- Vented certain new and useful. Improvements in the Manufacture of Igniting Compounds for Matches, (for which I have received a patent in Germany, No. 86,203, dated December 22, 1893,) of which the following is specification.

The ignition of the so called Swedish I is caused, as is well known, by. the explosion of the potassium chlorate contained rubbed against the igniting-surface coated It has often been attempted to render matches ignitible on any kind of frictional surfaces by employing for the head thereof an igniting compound which contains both the components requisite for the ignition,- namely, potassium chlorate and red phosphorus mixed together. Such matches no doubt ignite on being rubbed on any surface shown that with these matches very frequently only the head burns off Without ig- Tliis defect is caused by the fact that in consequence of the intimate mixture of phosphorus and potassium chlorate the combustion of the mass takes place very suddenly, as an explosion, not giving sufficienttime for the front end of the stem to be raised to theigniting temperature.

The present invention relates to the manufacture of an igniting compound in whichemployed mixed together but in which the rapidity of combustion is so much reduced that the stem is also. ignited with certainty.-

I have found that a portion of the potasmixture the plumbate has a similar action to potassium chlorate, giving off oxygen on ignition'. The chemical decomposition of the plumbate, however, takes place considerably slower than that of the chlorate, so that in using a mixture of the two bodies the rapidity of combustion is retarded to a greater or less degree according to the proportion of plumbate added. i Proportions of admixture can be readily determined with which the combustion is sufficiently retarded to insure the ignition of the match-stem under all circumstances. The following composition of a useful igniting compound is given by wayiof examplez' fifteen parts by Weight of potassium chlorate; 0.5 'part byweight of sulfur, four parts by eight of calcium plumbate, weightof terra sienna, two parts by weight of glass,' .1.5 parts by weight of amorphous phosphorus, 1.5 parts by weight of gum or cementitiou's;matter-v 1 The gum, glass, and terra sienna can be four parts by.

replaced by other materials having the same properties and the sulfur can sometimes be. entirely omitted. The only essential feature is the presence of the potassium chlorate, calcium plumbate, and phosphorus.

Hawng now particularly describedand ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,

I declare that what I claim is-.

In an igniting compound for matches that will ignite on any frictional surface. the com bination with potassium chlorate and red phosphorus of calcium plumbate, substan-.

tially as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed at Oassel, in the this 19th day of March, 1896'.

CARL RUDOLPH ADOLPH GEORG SCHWIENING.

"Witnesses:

Y WILHELM JVOLF,

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